Daily Republican., 1887-10-19

" enu Always has been M aVen. Mr..
oOopnor then vent on TO quote the
words OF snb-r,aip. who, ss he aaid.
hss now for reasons Of his own, turned
against tho men, whom but two years
ARo be rospeotod. Tho name OF Cham.
beriaiu was greeted with hisses.
ChAmbsrlAin han sA,d that IreIsnd was
governed by 30, 600 bAyorets, and that
sn Irishmsn could rot lift . finger In
psrochtal, eduoatioual or governmental
matters, without being confronted bv
an English official.
To sweep away alior bonds srd sub
etituts for Esgl,sb cfficials Irtsbmep 70
do Irisa husipass is the aim OF the Irish
The pr'rent Vlceroy of IrelAnd 10 a
scotchuau, sud ono of the worst land.
lords in 'Sootl~nd.
Under the vicsroy Ia the Chief Secre.
tary, who IL also sn alien, and under
him sre three boards. The Board OF
GuArdtaus, which although On elected
body IL not . representative one, be.
cause the landlords have some OF them
% high ~ 10 votes, while the poor peo'
pie have but one It has charge OF the
health and muuictpal mattera of the
country.
The Board Of Works has charge OF oil
harbor and public Improvement. Thii
board 10 monument OF waste and mi 10.
management. Their waste would -
tonisb m American. This board, the
speaker said, had even built piers on
dry land where boats could not have
possibly landed. This board acted nm
lawfully, but the Chief Secretary stood
by them.
The National Board Of Eiuca tiou
tho speaker said, hsd tried TO crush out
sll love Of liberty. The histories, hs
said, whichthe board had placed In the
schools in ireland represented thai
country In the most Insulting manner
There were other boards, said ths
speaker, but not ore mem Der Of them ID
responsible to tho Irish people for hi,
act- Americans would think this too great
ere unsrmed, and 80, 090 soldiers ere
there 70 foros them to submit.
Each county 10 presided over by &
grand Jury. 1t manages all local mat
tors and sssessss for local purposes.
Tho maeistracy are al appointed from
the land lords, and not from the people,
a. they should be- according TO law.
For instance, In recent election, where
the buik OF the population was Ostho
lilo, 70 nou Catholics were elected out oil
o total OF n.
The Privy Conncil are also aliens,
and are often appotpted to this place
because they have bAen refused nome
place by the people In addition to the
army there are In Ireland . police force
of 13, 600 men armed with r'flas They
are m army dressed as police. People
are watched wherever they 20. The
population Of the country, the speaker
said, had been wiped eut; where former.
ly people had livsd you could now 20
aud see no one. The Irish had NO
manufactures as formerly. The irish
people think they can manage better for
themselves. They ba1 tried many
plans. They had failed, bat the last
plan adopted and pursued for ten years
they think will succeed. He thsnked
the audience for their presence and for
their attention. The fact that In Phils.
delphta In one afternoon $500 had
been raised showed that the sym psthy
of America was with them.
Mr.. 0'Oonnor closed amid loud ap
plause and cheers.
The Governor then introduced Soma.
tor Gray.
Mr. Gray eaid that this was the SEQ.
ond time he had had the pleasure of al
dressing . meeting Of this kind. He
voiced the sentiment of the State when
he expressed that eymysthy. He hoped
that the future OF Ireland would be as
bright "a her brave sops and daughters
deserved. There was ons thing yet
wanting in fresdom's calendar, and that
lie the liberty OF ireland.
The following resolutions were then
read by the Senators and adopted by
the Meeting:
WHEREAS, The Brithh Government
has for centuries epdeavored to destroy
the spirit OF Irish nationality; and
WHEREAS, We belive the principles
Of the Irish National League to be legal
and JUS; therefore
Resolved, That we extend to the Irish
National Lesgue Of Ireland our hearty
sympathy, and pledge ourselves anew
60 give all the moral and material as.
distance In our power, and express our
earnest hope Of the final trium ph Of It's
cause; and be 1t further
Resolved, That we expra's our appre.
citation Of the efforts OF Mr.. Gladstone 9
aud his co-laborers In behalf of the free
dom and Independence Of Ireland.
Governor BigRs then introduced Sir
Thomas Henry 9ra.tap MsmoDde.
At the outret Sir Grattan thanked the
audience for the resoluti' ms just sdopt-
cd. Such expressions, he eaic, went far
toward shaping the future Of Ireland.
Ireland was grateful to Amertcs; and
she also had great claim on America.
for she had given her pADy no'ed mt n.
Ireland had etrupg,ed longer than any
other country had for liberty. For
seven hundred years It had gone on,
and II necessary 1t would 90 On for
seven buntred more. ireland never
b hss and rhe pever will recognize the
authority Of England In local govern
ment. The speaker then touched upon
the Coercion sot, which had deprived
them of their constitution In 1860. 1t
contained everything that WIS despotic.
The young lord then referred to the
Queens Jubilee bill, . copy Of which
be held in hts band. He would, he said,
show Irelapd's part In the rejnlcings.
1t forbid public meetings, deeToyed
The liberty OF the press and made con
sgttabion . crime. 1t estab.
|ished m inquietion In Ireland. The
Inst CLAUSE gave the resident Daais
rates the right TO hold secret investigN.
aons when or where they pleased. 1t
llso gave them the right to examine
,hildreu under II years of age and over
hist age no one was allowed to be pnes-
,nt at the examinations. Thus the
magistrates could examine childrsn
Ibout the doings of their parents and
and indict them on this tesa.
nony.
The second clause sbelished trial by |
ury. Two magistrates could try q man
md onvict him for various things.
Assaulting an officer of the law, wear.
pg badge at . public meeting or
AIRY ing arms all subjected . man TO
ix mon ths' imprisonment. By wear.
ng o badge he said they even meant o
reen ribbon In the buttonhole. By
arrying arms he said even a pap.gun